low

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Smaller than usual in amount, level, or degree.

   They sell good furniture at surprisingly low prices.

2. 2
   adj

   Close to the ground; not high.

   We sat on a low wall and waited for the bus.

3. 3
   adj

   Quiet or soft in sound; deep in pitch.

   He spoke in a low voice so no one else could hear.

4. 4
   noun

   The lowest level or point that something reaches.

   The stock market fell to a new low this week.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Proto-Germanic *lēgaz Old Norse lágrbor. Middle English lāh English low From Middle English lowe, lohe, lāh, from Old Norse lágr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots laich (“low”), Saterland Frisian läich (“low”), West Frisian leech (“low”), Dutch laag (“low”), obsolete German läg (“low”), German Low German leeg, leeg' (“low”), Danish lav (“low”), Faroese, Icelandi…

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